Kino Lorber: Five Upcoming Releases Detailed
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Posted July 7, 2020 04:47 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed five upcoming Blu-ray releases: Variety (1983), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), Gotcha! (1985), Havana (1990), and Fellini's Casanova (1976).
Fellini's Casanova
Synopsis: The incomparable Federico Fellini (La dolce vita) directs this visually stunning portrait of Casanova, the infamous Italian womanizer, adventurer, author and libertine. In a remarkable performance, Donald Sutherland (Klute) portrays the great seducer not as an amorous anomaly, but an everyday man living in extraordinary times. Featuring dazzling European settings (although it was filmed entirely in Rome), an unforgettable musical score by the great Nino Rota (The Godfather), and Oscar-winning costume design by Danilo Donati (Romeo and Juliet), Fellini's Casanova is a cinematic experience to fall in love with. Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi (City of Women) received Oscar nominations for their adapted screenplay.
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Gotcha!
Synopsis: Synopsis: Hapless with the ladies, college freshman Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) convinces his parents to pay for a European vacation, hoping he can lose his virginity overseas. In Paris, he meets 24-year-old Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a sexy Czech woman who invites him to accompany her to West Berlin. Sasha, desperate to get a roll of film to the CIA, gives Jonathan the package without telling him what's inside. Unaware of what he's carrying, Jonathan must elude the Soviet forces trailing him.
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Havana
Synopsis: High-rolling poker player Jack Weil (Redford) is trying to make one big score in 1958 Havana, a pleasure-seeker's paradise on the verge of revolution. But his plan doesn't include falling for Roberta, the beautiful, enigmatic wife of revolutionary Arturo Duran. After Arturo is removed by the police, Jack is drawn closer to Roberta, who ignites a passion that threatens his last chance for the big score.
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The Milagro Beanfield War
Synopsis: In the tiny town of Milagro, New Mexico, where the local water is a premium resource, shady developer Ladd Devine (Richard Bradford) has conceived a glitzy resort that will ultimately siphon off all the water from the neighboring crop-fields. When handyman and farmer Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera) accidentally breaks a water valve reserved for major companies, he inadvertently sets off a small-scale water-rights war between the farmers and the developers.
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Variety
Synopsis: Bette Gordon's Variety is a landmark independent film that challenges common notions about feminism and pornography, which Kino Classics is proudly presenting in a director-approved 2K restoration from the original camera negative. It follows Christine (Sandy McLeod, Something Wild), a bright and unassuming young woman, after she takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Christine soon develops an obession that begins to consume her life, finding self-expression through an interest in porn.
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Fellini's Casanova
Synopsis: The incomparable Federico Fellini (La dolce vita) directs this visually stunning portrait of Casanova, the infamous Italian womanizer, adventurer, author and libertine. In a remarkable performance, Donald Sutherland (Klute) portrays the great seducer not as an amorous anomaly, but an everyday man living in extraordinary times. Featuring dazzling European settings (although it was filmed entirely in Rome), an unforgettable musical score by the great Nino Rota (The Godfather), and Oscar-winning costume design by Danilo Donati (Romeo and Juliet), Fellini's Casanova is a cinematic experience to fall in love with. Fellini and Bernardino Zapponi (City of Women) received Oscar nominations for their adapted screenplay.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Includes both English & Italian Tracks with Optional English subtitles
- Audio commentary by film critic Nick Pinkerton
- Booklet essay by film scholar Alberto Zambenedetti
- Theatrical Trailer
Gotcha!
Synopsis: Synopsis: Hapless with the ladies, college freshman Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) convinces his parents to pay for a European vacation, hoping he can lose his virginity overseas. In Paris, he meets 24-year-old Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a sexy Czech woman who invites him to accompany her to West Berlin. Sasha, desperate to get a roll of film to the CIA, gives Jonathan the package without telling him what's inside. Unaware of what he's carrying, Jonathan must elude the Soviet forces trailing him.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Director Jeff Kanew
- NEW Audio Commentary by Entertainment Journalist and Author Bryan Reesman
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional SDH English subtitles for the main feature
Havana
Synopsis: High-rolling poker player Jack Weil (Redford) is trying to make one big score in 1958 Havana, a pleasure-seeker's paradise on the verge of revolution. But his plan doesn't include falling for Roberta, the beautiful, enigmatic wife of revolutionary Arturo Duran. After Arturo is removed by the police, Jack is drawn closer to Roberta, who ignites a passion that threatens his last chance for the big score.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian and Critic Sergio Mims
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional SDH English subtitles for the main feature
The Milagro Beanfield War
Synopsis: In the tiny town of Milagro, New Mexico, where the local water is a premium resource, shady developer Ladd Devine (Richard Bradford) has conceived a glitzy resort that will ultimately siphon off all the water from the neighboring crop-fields. When handyman and farmer Joe Mondragon (Chick Vennera) accidentally breaks a water valve reserved for major companies, he inadvertently sets off a small-scale water-rights war between the farmers and the developers.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Audio Commentary by Star Chick Vennera and critic Daniel Kremer
- Theatrical Trailer
- Optional SDH English subtitles for the main feature
Variety
Synopsis: Bette Gordon's Variety is a landmark independent film that challenges common notions about feminism and pornography, which Kino Classics is proudly presenting in a director-approved 2K restoration from the original camera negative. It follows Christine (Sandy McLeod, Something Wild), a bright and unassuming young woman, after she takes a job selling tickets at a porno theater near Times Square. Christine soon develops an obession that begins to consume her life, finding self-expression through an interest in porn.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Anybody's Woman (1981, a short film directed by Bette Gordon)
- Audio commentary with director Bette Gordon moderated by writer Hillary Weston
- Gallery of production stills by Nan Goldin
- Gallery of storyboard illustrations by Bette Gordon
- Gallery of location scouting photographs by Bette Gordon
- Reversible cover art
- Trailers
- Booklet essay by film critic Amy Taubin
- Optional SDH English subtitles for the main feature
